An edition of Sisters of Sinai
(2009)
Sisters of Sinai
how two lady adventurers found the hidden gospels
by Janet Martin Soskice
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In 1892, two adventurous sisters made one of the most important religious finds of the century. This title uses the story of the Smith sisters to take the reader on a 19th century journey. It traces the footsteps of these sisters as they voyage to Egypt, Sinai and beyond, clutching their Murray's guidebook.
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Description and travel, Bible, New Testament scholars, Biography, Church history, Manuscripts, Women, travel, Egypt, description and travel, Travel, Syriac Manuscripts, Women travelers, History, Women, Versions, Codex palimpsestus SinaiticusPeople
Agnes Smith Lewis, Margaret Dunlop Gibson, Agnes Smith Lewis (1843-1926), Margaret Dunlop Gibson (1843-1920)Places
Sinai, Mount (Egypt), Great BritainTimes
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Sisters of Sinai: how two lady adventurers found the hidden gospels
2009, Chatto & Windus
in English
0701173416 9780701173418
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Table of Contents
Cambridge, 13 April 1893
The birth and upbringing of the lady Bible-hunters
The journey to the Nile
The boat
The perfect dragoman
The search for the perfect mate
Greece
The estate of marriage
The Cambridge antiquarian
Heresy and mortality
Sinai and von Tischendorf
The perils of Bible-hunting
The story von Tischendorf did not tell
Setting out for Sinai
The treasure in the dark closet
The Cambridge party
The disjoint expedition
The final falling-out
The devilish press and the Highland Regiment
The Cambridge cold shoulder
A lightning course in text scholarship
In the company of Orientalists
Burying the hatchet
Keepers of manuscripts
Solomon Schechter and the Cairo genizah
In Cairo with Schechter
Castlebrae
The college's opening
To the monasteries of the Nitrian desert
The active life
The darkening to war
Palimpsest.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-328) and index.
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